Bust-A-Move 4 - vs Computer → Story Mode using Cleon (No Lost, Normal Difficulty)

I'm quite surprised to find out that clearing this mode under normal difficulty is proven to be quite challenging. The last five opponents, starting from Bramb, have the perfect aim on top of quick shot, meaning that they play as if under higher (Expert) difficulty.

My strategy of beating those five opponents revolves around building the combo with as many bubbles as possible before clearing them for huge damage. This is actually a risky move, since doing that made me play under a great danger; if the opponent managed to pull off a combo during that time, absolutely I would lose. But it's worth the risk; by giving them huge damage, they will not have a chance to retaliate, thereby finishing the battle quicker.

I picked Cleon because she has the most variation of counter bubbles (5-colored bubbles, white (wildcard) bubble, wooden block, and star bubble). With so many type of bubbles, I don't need to worry about the potential of multiple one-colored bubbles gathering at one point, which may trigger a combo if popped. Therefore, it won't be easy for the opponents to start a combo. Previously I also think that star bubbles will give them advantage, but after various playthrough I conclude that the probability of getting the advantage of utilizing star bubble is quite low. The opponents, upon seeing a reachable star, will always try to pop it whenever possible, regardless of the potential combo of popping the star when using the "next" bubble. I ever saw an opponent popping a star with a colored-bubble; let's say red bubble, and then his next bubble was also the same colored-bubble (in this case red bubble), and he shot it to another star, therefore only eliminating itself.

All the talking cutscenes are actually accessible using a cheat code, so they can be replayed / rewatched without the necessity of clearing the story mode, but the ending (shown at 21.44) is unique and not replayable so far. Personally I'd like to know the other character's endings as well, but I don't think I want to go through all of those troubles again for the other nine characters.


0:00 Opening
0:29 Main Menu
1:02 Story Mode Opening Cutscene
2:08 Bob Intro
2:30 vs Bob (22 sec)
3:12 Alkanet Intro
3:38 vs Alkanet (107 sec)
5:46 Marino Intro
6:10 vs Marino (64 sec)
7:36 Kurol Intro
8:03 vs Kurol (29 sec)
8:54 Tamtam Intro
9:19 vs Tamtam (67 sec)
10:47 Cleon Intro
11:09 vs Cleon (50 sec)
12:20 G Intro
12:43 vs G (64 sec)
14:10 Bramb Intro
14:38 vs Bramb (31 sec)
15:31 Develon Intro
15:57 vs Develon (52 sec)
17:12 Gigant Intro
17:37 vs Gigant (31 sec)
18:30 Madam Luna Intro
19:01 vs Madam Luna (75 sec)
20:31 vs Dreg (57 sec)
21:44 Ending
22:07 Credits